The story of Job is my favorite book in the Bible, and within this book, is a hidden gem about future technology.
In the final chapters, God speaks directly to Job. God asks Job if he was there when He created the Earth (v4), if he was there when the angels sang about the glory of His creation (v7), or if Job was able to create the constellations (v31 and 32).
There is one question that the Lord asks Job that is quite different from His other questions. God asks him "canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?" (38:35).
This verse contains the only mention of a non-sentient creation speaking. In chapter 38, the angels sang (v7) and the Lord spoke (v1,11). Is lightning able to speak?
In the Chariots Running Like Lightning lesson, we learned that Latter Day prophecies are often interwoven throughout the Bible. I believe that this is another example.
Lightning moves at roughly 1/3 the speed of light (220,000,000 mph). It is nearly instantaneous, but observable to the naked eye. As we have learned in previous lessons, certain words did not exist and technologies were unknown to the ancient prophets. Could it be that talking lightning was actually electricity?
Electric current has positive and negative charges, which is expressed as a coulomb. An electrical phenomenon is caused by the flow of free electrons from one atom to another. The characteristics of current electricity are opposite to those of static electricity.
Lightning is an electric current. Within a thundercloud, many small bits of ice (frozen raindrops) bump into each other as they move around in the air. All of those collisions create an electric charge. After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges.
On a basic level, lightning and electricity are the same. God was asking Job if he could send electricity somewhere and get a response of "Here we are".
The question then becomes: Can electricity speak?
Yes it can.
Electricity can speak through binary code. In the electrical realm, binary is actually just different voltages. Typically you define them as your highest and lowest voltages. Say your battery or power supply is 2.5V. You use 2.5V as a 1, and 0V as a 0. Logic gates are built from transistors which are basically switches. It takes the voltage inputs and then either connects the output to 2.5V or 0V.
What is the result?
